Regulators to Curb Stock Volatility with Circuit Breaker Mechanism

(Beijing) – The securities regulator will introduce a circuit breaker mechanism to the stock market from January 1 to prevent excessive fluctuations in daily trade.

The new rules will lead to a temporary suspension in trading on the bourses in Shanghai, Shenzhen and the China Financial Futures Exchange, where all stock index futures are traded, if daily fluctuations hit certain limits, the three stock exchanges announced on December 4.